In light of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, I have found myself reflecting on the principles of our Founders.

First, a quote from James Madison, in a 1778 address to the Virginia General Assembly: “We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments of God.”

Second, from our Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.”

The reason our Founders fashioned the Constitution the way they did to limit the power of government is they believed that a society that lived according to the principles of the Ten Commandments did not need a government that ordered every action of their lives.

Today, in rejecting the moral authority of God, we have reinstituted what the Founders absolutely rejected, a hierarchy of men. The result is our lack of respect for others who have an opinion that differs from ours and a resulting inability to sit down and discuss our differences in a civil manner.

If we would remember the equality of all mankind as stated in the Declaration of Independence , then we could recognize each other as equals and air our differences without feeling the need to destroy one another.

David King

Hempfield

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